Liu Changchun | |||||||||
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| Born | November 25, 1909 | ||||||||
| Died | March 25, 1983 (aged 73) | ||||||||
| Nationality | Republic of China, Chinese | ||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Sprinter, athletics coach, teacher, sports administrator | ||||||||
| Known for | First Chinese athlete at the Olympic Games | ||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 劉長春 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 刘长春 | ||||||||
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Liu Changchun (Chinese: 劉長春; listed in official Olympic records as "Liu, Cheng-Chun";[1] November 25, 1909[2][3] – February 21, 1983[3]) was a Chinese sprinter. Liu was the first athlete to represent China in competition at an Olympic Games. He was the sole competitor from the Republic of China at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles; four years later he again represented the Republic of China at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Later in life, he was also an athletics coach, a physical education teacher, and a sports administrator.
- ^ The Games of the Xth Olympiad, Los Angeles, 1932: Official Report, The Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U.S.A. 1932 Ltd., 1933.
- http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1932/1932s.pdf Archived 2008-04-10 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 2008-08-18
- ^ "The first Chinese to step into the Olympic arena—Liu Changchun", 「第一個踏上奧運賽場的中國人─劉長春」, Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee (http://www.tpenoc.net/), publication and copyright dates unknown.
- http://association.cadsm.org.tw/Quotation/TPENOCv2/changes/changes_03.asp?struct_id=26&struct_ide=4637&cu_no=3&file=/LTD/sample/spo_sample/Sample_03.asp Archived 2011-08-11 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 2008-08-19
- ^ a b "The avant-garde of Chinese physical education—Liu Changchun", 「中華體育先驅─劉長春」, Dialian University of Technology, 2003.
- http://tyg.dlut.edu.cn/mingren/lcc.htm Archived 2007-08-26 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved on 2008-08-18